Russian Security Official Visits North Korea Following Ukraine’s ‘Spider Web’ Operation
sergei Shoigu, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, has arrived in Pyongyang following orders from President Vladimir Putin, according to a report by webangah News Agency citing TASS.
Shoigu is scheduled to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during this visit-his second trip to Pyongyang in less than three months.
The Russian Security Council’s press service stated that the two sides are expected to discuss implementing specific provisions of the Moscow-Pyongyang Extensive Strategic Partnership Treaty.They will also commemorate North Korean soldiers who aided Moscow in liberating Russia’s Kursk region during World War II.
Talks on developments surrounding the war in Ukraine are also on the agenda.
Shoigu first visited North Korea on March 21 (Nowruz),where he was personally received by Kim Jong Un. Their meeting lasted approximately two hours,during which Shoigu delivered a message from Putin.
The current trip follows Ukraine’s surprise attack on four Russian airbases. Kyiv claims its “Spider Web” operation destroyed or damaged around 40 Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets.
